The Walls Are Going Up Again All Over Europe

Within the Fifties, France and Germany, with the eager help of Italy and the Low Nations, lastly determined to finish this madness. They buried the hatchets, agreed by no means once more to problem the borders, then set about making them unimportant. They referred to as that dynamic the “ever nearer union.”In time it has led to boons akin to a Widespread, after which a Single, Market; a European Neighborhood, then Union. It has created an space of utterly unrestricted journey (no passports wanted), whether or not for tourism or each day commutes. Even Switzerland, which isn’t formally within the EU, is a part of this Schengen space.